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This tally was 69 wickets ahead of Ted Peate's 1882 record, and has been bettered only by Tom Richardson in 1895 and Tich Freeman in 1928 and 1933
Famous Birthdays on November 16
208 people
42 BC – 2006
November 16 has seen 208 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 42 BC – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1862 — Charles Turner
Australian cricketer (died 1944)
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taking 106 wickets in twelve matches in the Australian season of 1887–88 – a record for any bowler in Australia taking 17 wickets for 50 runs against An England Eleven at Hastings in 1888
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being the first Australian bowler to reach 100 wickets in Test matches
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his 12 for 87 against England in his record season of 1887–1888 is still the best bowling analysis for a Test at the SCG
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the only bowler to take 50 wickets in their first six Test matches.
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Italian ruler (died 1521)
Leonardo Loredan was a Venetian nobleman and statesman who reigned as the 75th Doge of Venice from 1501 until his death in 1521. As a wartime ruler, he was one of the most important doges in the history of Venice. In…
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1436
Hungarian queen (died 1508)
Beatrice of Naples, also known as Beatrice of Aragon, was twice Queen of Hungary and of Bohemia by marriage to Matthias Corvinus and Vladislaus II. She was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Clermont.
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1457
Florentine philosopher (died 1522)
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto was a Florentine Neoplatonist philosopher of the Italian Renaissance.
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1466
Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (died 1522)
Elizabeth of the Palatinate was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage, successively Landgravine of Hesse-Marburg and Margravine of Baden.
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1483
Queen of Navarre (died 1572)
Jeanne d'Albret, also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.
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1528
Duchess consort of Nemours (died 1607)
Anna d'Este was an important princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion. In her first marriage, she was Duchess of Aumale, then of Guise, in her…
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1531
Spanish Grand Inquisitioner, Archbishop of Lima (died 1606)
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death.
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1538
Cecilia of Sweden, was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern as the wife of Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.…
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1540
Archduchess of Austria and nun (died 1621)
Anna Caterina Gonzaga became Archduchess consort of Further Austria through her marriage. She became a religious sister of the Servite Order following the death of her husband, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria.
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1566
German organist and composer (died 1609)
Paul Sartorius was a German composer and organist.
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1569
Polish monk (died 1673)
Abbot Augustyn Kordecki was a prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery, Poland.
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1603
French-English jeweler and explorer (died 1703)
Jean Chardin, known as Sir John Chardin in England, was a French jeweller, traveller and writer, who emigrated to England in 1681, at the age of 37. His ten-volume book The Travels of Sir John Chardin is regarded as one…
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1643
English banker and politician (died 1711)
Sir Charles Duncombe of Teddington, Middlesex and Barford, Wiltshire, was an English banker and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1711. He served as Lord Mayor of…
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1648
Maltese-Italian composer and educator (died 1760)
Girolamo Abos, last name also given Avos or d'Avossa and baptized Geronimo Abos, was a Maltese-Italian composer of both operas and church music.
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1715
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1793)
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was, together with Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the Encyclopédie. D'Alembert's formula for…
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1717
French-Italian composer (died 1788)
Charles-Antoine Campion, italianized as Carlo Antonio Campioni was a French-Italian composer who was born in the Duchy of Lorraine. He was a prolific composer and represented a link between Baroque compositional…
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1720
1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1818)
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, was an English judge. After serving as a member of parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice.
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1750
Irish-American surgeon and politician (died 1816)
James McHenry was an Scots-Irish American military surgeon, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland, initiated the recommendation for…
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1753
Danish philologist and author (died 1841)
Peter Andreas Heiberg was a Danish-Norwegian author and philologist. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark-Norway. The Heiberg ancestry can be traced back to Norway, and has produced a long line of priests, headmasters…
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1758
German-Russian Minister of Finance (died 1845)
Count Georg Ludwig Cancrin was a Russian German aristocrat and politician best known for spearheading reforms in the Russian financial system early in the 19th century.
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1774
Irish painter of the Romantic era (died 1861)
Francis Danby was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the central figure in a…
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1793
American author and educator (died 1887)
Mary Tyler Mann was an American teacher, author, and reformer. Mary was one of three Peabody sisters who were influential women of their day in education, literature, and art. Like her sister Elizabeth, she was a leader…
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1806
Icelandic poet, author and naturalist (died 1845)
Jónas Hallgrímsson was an Icelandic poet, writer and naturalist. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic journal Fjölnir, which was first published in Copenhagen in 1835. The magazine was used by Jónas and his…
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1807
English academic and politician (died 1889)
John Bright was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies.
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1811
Kalākaua, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891. Succeeding Lunalilo, he was elected to the vacant throne of Hawaiʻi against Queen…
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1836
Canadian poet, author, and politician (died 1908)
Louis-Honoré Fréchette was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short story writer. For his prose, he would be the first Quebecois to receive the Prix Montyon from the Académie française, and the first Canadian…
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1839
French physicist and academic (died 1923)
Jules Louis Gabriel Violle was a French physicist and inventor.
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1841
Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1927)
Edmund James Flynn was a Canadian lawyer, politician and the tenth premier of Quebec, from 1896 to 1897.
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1847
American-Swiss soprano and actress (died 1929)
Amalia Mignon Hauck, commonly known as Minnie Hauk, was an American operatic first dramatic soprano then mezzo-soprano.
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1851
German architect (died 1928)
Jürgen Kröger was a German architect. He was an architectural advisor to the German Emperor, Wilhelm II and in 1908 he was awarded the title of Building Advisor to the Emperor. Kröger is most notable for his…
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1856
Italian politician and journalist (died 1930)
Luigi Facta was an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist and the last prime minister of Italy before the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini.
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1861
Venezuelan nun (died 1925)
Georgina Febres-Cordero, also known as "Mother Georgina" was a Venezuelan religious sister.
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1861
American trumpet player and composer (died 1958)
William Christopher Handy was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. He was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played…
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1873
Russian admiral and explorer (died 1920)
Admiral Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak was a Russian navy officer and polar explorer who led the White movement in the Russian Civil War. When he assumed the title of Supreme Ruler of Russia in 1918, Kolchak headed a…
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1874
American runner and coach (died 1972)
Emil William Breitkreutz was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1883
Uruguayan pianist and composer (died 1957)
Luis Cluzeau Mortet was a Uruguayan composer and musician.
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1888
American director, producer, and playwright (died 1961)
George Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. He…
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1889
German general (died 1944)
Dietrich Kraiss was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
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1889
6th President of the Philippines (died 1956)
Elpidio Rivera Quirino was the sixth president of the Philippines, serving from 1948 to 1953. As the second vice president from 1946 to 1948, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Manuel Roxas in 1948.
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1890
1892
Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1953)
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari was an Italian racing driver. He first raced motorcycles and then concentrated on sports cars and Grand Prix racing. Originally of Mantua, he was nicknamed il Mantovano Volante and Nuvola…
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1892
American golfer (died 1975)
Robert Allan Cruickshank was a Scottish-born golfer who played primarily in the United States. He competed in the PGA of America circuit in the 1920s and 1930s, the forerunner of the PGA Tour. He was twice runner-up at…
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1894
Austrian philosopher and politician (died 1972)
Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi, was a politician, philosopher, and count of Coudenhove-Kalergi. A pioneer of European integration, he served as the founding president of the Paneuropean Union for…
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1894
German composer, violist and conductor (died 1963)
Paul Hindemith was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the…
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1895
Australian author and critic (died 1984)
Joan à Beckett Weigall, Lady Lindsay was an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist. Trained in her youth as a painter, she published her first literary work in 1936 at age forty under a pseudonym,…
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1896
English fascist leader and politician (died 1980)
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, was a British politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for…
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1896
American actor and singer (died 1960)
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone with large, deep, and dark-timbred voice. His dynamic range ranged from…
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1896
Indian-Pakistani academic (died 1951)
Choudhry Rahmat Ali was a Muslim nationalist activist who is credited with coining the name "Pakistan" for a separate Muslim homeland in British India and is sometimes regarded as the originator of the Pakistan Movement.
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1897
American radio host (died 1976)
Mary Margaret McBride was an American radio interview host and writer. Her popular radio shows spanned more than 40 years. In the 1940s, the daily audience for her housewife-oriented program numbered from six to eight…
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1899
Czech race car driver (died 1994)
Eliška Junková-Khásová, also known as Elisabeth Junek, was a Czech automobile racer. She is regarded as one of the most significant drivers in Grand Prix motor racing history, and was the first woman to win a Grand Prix…
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1900
Nigerian statesman, 1st President of Nigeria (died 1996)
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe PC, commonly referred to as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the first native governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the…
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1904
American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Oliver Burgess Meredith was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television.
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1907
Indian-Pakistani religious leader (died 1982)
Mirza Nasir Ahmad was the third Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from Pakistan. He was elected as the third successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on 8 November 1965, the day after the death of his predecessor and…
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1909
American actor and director (died 1997)
George O. Petrie was an American radio and television actor.
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1912
Canadian actor, playwright, and author (died 1995)
William Edward Daniel Ross was a Canadian actor, playwright, and bestselling writer of more than 300 novels in a variety of genres. He was known for the speed of his writing and was, by some estimates, the most prolific…
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1912
American actress (died 2015)
Ellen Rose Albertini Dow was an American film and television character actress and drama coach. She portrayed feisty old ladies and is best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in The Wedding Singer (1998), performing…
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1913
English spy (died 1997)
Edward Arnold Chapman was an English criminal and wartime spy. During the Second World War he offered his services to Nazi Germany as a spy and subsequently became a British double agent. His British Secret Service…
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1914
Chinese-American author (died 2017)
Jean Guttery Fritz was an American children's writer best known for American biography and history. She won the Children's Legacy Literature Award for her career contribution to American children's literature in 1986.…
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1915
New Zealand actor and director (died 1996)
Harold Verdun Baigent , known as 'Baige', was a New Zealand theatre director, actor and arts manager. He trained as an actor in the United States at Yale University Drama School, and acted in Broadway and London stage…
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1916
American voice actor and singer (died 1988)
Charles Dawson Butler was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon production company and the Walter Lantz cartoon studio. He originated the voices of many Hanna-Barbera characters,…
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1916
1916
American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (died 2015)
Gene Myron Amdahl was an American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation. He formulated…
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1922
Portuguese novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (died 2010)
José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once…
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1922
American businessman (died 2013)
Samuel Farber was an American industrial designer and businessman.
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1924
American sprinter and coach (died 2014)
Melvin Emery Patton was an American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in the 100-yard dash in 1948. He also set a 220 yd world record in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by Jesse…
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1924
American pianist and composer (died 1983)
Charles Mitchell "Dolo" Coker was a jazz pianist and composer who recorded four albums for Xanadu Records and extensively as a sideman, for artists like Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Art Pepper, Philly Joe…
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1927
English businessman (died 2018)
Peter James Boizot MBE was an English entrepreneur, restaurateur, politician, art collector and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of PizzaExpress.
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1929
American baseball player (died 2021)
Paul Eugene Foytack was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 312 games in Major League Baseball between 1953 and 1964 for two American League clubs, the Detroit Tigers and…
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1930
Italian mob boss (died 2017)
Salvatore Riina, nicknamed Totò, was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Commission…
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1930
Italian author and illustrator (died 2006)
Luciano Bottaro was an Italian comic book artist.
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1931
American singer and guitarist (died 2011)
Hubert Charles Sumlin was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band.…
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1931
Colombian painter, sculptor and art historian (died 2026)
Beatriz González was a Colombian painter, sculptor, critic, curator, and art historian. González was often associated with the pop art movement. She was best known for her bright and colorful paintings depicting life in…
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1932
American R&B singer
Garnet Mimms is an American singer, influential in soul music and rhythm and blues. He first achieved success as the lead singer of Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters and is best known for the 1963 hit "Cry Baby", later…
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1933
Senegalese jurist and politician (died 2026)
Seydou Madani Sy was a Senegalese jurist and civil servant.
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1933
American journalist and author
Elizabeth Drew is an American political journalist and author.
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1935
Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (died 2010)
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah was a prominent Lebanese-Iraqi Twelver Shia cleric. Born in Najaf, Iraq, Fadlallah studied Islam in Najaf before moving to Lebanon in 1952. In the following decades, he gave…
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1935
Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
Sir Magdy Habib Yacoub is an Egyptian-British retired professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London, best known for his early work in repairing heart valves with surgeon Donald Ross, adapting the Ross…
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1935
Australian businessman and politician
John Colinton Moore, was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives for over 25 years, serving between 1975 and 2001, and was a minister in the Fraser and Howard governments.
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1936
1937
Moroccan filmmaker (died 2011)
Ahmed Bouanani was a Moroccan film director, poet and novelist. He was one of the most influential filmmakers in Morocco and is considered to be one of the country's pioneers. His film The Mirage is often considered to…
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1938
Taiwanese politician
Kang Ning-hsiang is a Taiwanese politician. He was active in the Tangwai movement, and began his political career as a supporter of Huang Hsin-chieh. Kang served in the Taipei City Council from 1969 to 1972, when he was…
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1938
Canadian actor (died 2020)
Walter John Learning was a Canadian theatre director, actor, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick.
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1938
American philosopher, author, and academic (died 2002)
Robert Nozick was an American philosopher. He held the Joseph Pellegrino University Professorship at Harvard University, and was president of the American Philosophical Association. He is best known for his book…
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1938
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Troy Harold Seals was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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1938
English author and critic
Michael Keith Billington is a British author and arts critic. He writes for The Guardian, and was the paper's chief drama critic from 1971 to 2019. Billington is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic" and the author…
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1939
Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist (died 2022)
Angelo Gilardino was an Italian composer, guitarist, and musicologist.
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1941
English race car driver (died 2005)
Gerald Dallas Royston Marshall was a British racing driver. He was commonly referred to by the nickname Big Gerry. According to a 2002 edition of Motor Sport Magazine poll, he was one of the best drivers of all time.…
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1941
1941
Scottish jockey and sportscaster
William Fisher Hunter Carson is a Scottish retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At only five feet tall and riding at an easily maintained weight of 7 stone 10 pounds (49 kg), Carson was much in demand as a jockey…
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1942
English psychologist and academic (died 2022)
Oliver John Braddick was a British developmental psychologist who researched infant visual perception. He frequently collaborated with his wife Janette Atkinson.
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1944
American guitarist and songwriter (died 2014)
Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges was an American musician known for his work as a rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on…
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1945
1945
Australian drummer and songwriter (died 2023)
Colin John Burgess was an Australian rock musician who was the drummer in the Masters Apprentices from 1968 to 1972. He was later the original drummer with hard rock band AC/DC from November 1973 to February 1974. The…
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1946
American botanist, philosopher, and author (died 2000)
Terence Kemp McKenna was an American philosopher, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and mushrooms. He spoke and wrote about a variety of…
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1946
American writer
Barbara Smith is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a scholar, activist, critic, lecturer,…
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1946
American writer
Beverly Smith is a Black feminist health advocate, writer, academic, theorist and activist. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is the twin sister of writer, publisher, activist and academic Barbara Smith. Beverly…
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1946
American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
Joseph Henry White was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was named a second-team All-American twice. White was part of the U.S. men's basketball…
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1946
Cuban journalist and activist
Omar Moisés Ruiz Hernández is a Cuban journalist. Amnesty International declared him as an international prisoner of conscience after he was imprisoned in 2003 during a crackdown on dissidents. He worked for dissident…
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1947
German footballer and manager (died 2023)
Horst Bertram was a retired German football manager and former player.
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1948
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Chi Coltrane is an American rock/gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist.
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1948
American-English playwright and critic
Bonnie Greer, OBE FRSL is an American and British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster, who has lived in the UK since 1986. She has appeared as a panellist on television programmes such as Newsnight Review and…
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1948
1948
American football player (died 2001)
Harvey Banks Martin was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 until 1983. He starred at South Oak Cliff High School and…
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1950
Filipino farmer and politician
Manuel Esquivel "Way Kurat" Zamora is a Filipino politician. A former member of Lakas–CMD, he has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District…
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1950
New Zealand rugby player
Andrew Grant Dalton is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He captained the national team, the All Blacks, 17 times in tests. He is a second-generation All Black; his father Ray Dalton played in two All Blacks…
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1951
Welsh comedian, actor, and author
Griffith Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor, comedian, writer and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. He and Smith came to national attention in the 1980s for…
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1953
American novelist and short story writer
Andrea Barrett is an American novelist and short story writer. Her collection Ship Fever won the 1996 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, and she received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001. Her book Servants of the Map…
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1954
Australian lawyer and politician
Richard Andrew Landa Gross is an Australian politician. He was a long-serving councillor of the City of Port Phillip and its Mayor from November 2018 till late 2019, having previously served from 1998 to 2000 and in…
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1954
Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
Héctor Raúl Cúper is an Argentine football manager and former player who was most recently head coach of the Syria national team.
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1955
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Pierre Roland Larouche is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers between 1974…
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1955
Ecuadoran businessman, 47th President of Ecuador
Guillermo Alberto Santiago Lasso Mendoza is an Ecuadorian businessman, banker and politician who served as the 47th president of Ecuador from 2021 to 2023.
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1955
Japanese actor
Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, the United States, and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in the…
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1955
Venezuelan businessman
Jesús Esteban Trapiello González is a Venezuelan businessman linked to Chavismo. He has been a director of the television channel TVes and is currently president of the regional channel TeleAragua and of the radio…
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1955
American race car driver and businessman
Terrance Lee Labonte, nicknamed "Texas Terry" or "the Iceman", is an American former stock car driver. He raced from 1978 to 2014 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup and Sprint Cup Series. A two-time Cup Series champion in…
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1956
1957
Serbian author and academic
Boris Krivokapić is a full professor of Public International Law as well as of Human Rights. He is professor at Law School of the Samara National Research University "S. P. Korolev".
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1958
English journalist
Dame Glenda Adrianne Bailey is a former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, a monthly fashion magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. She was in this position from May 2001 to 2020.
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1959
American cardiologist and physician (died 2014)
Francis Miller Fesmire was an American emergency physician and a nationally recognized expert in myocardial infarction. He authored numerous academic articles and assisted in the development of clinical guidelines on…
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1959
English boxer
Franklin Roy Horatio Bruno is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title from 1995 to 1996. At the regional level, he held the European…
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1961
Canadian writer and artist (died 2016)
Darwyn Cooke was a Canadian comics artist, writer, cartoonist, and animator who worked on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter. His work has been honoured…
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1962
English drummer and producer
Stephen Argüelles Clarke is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the proprietor of the Plush record label. He is the brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles.
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1963
Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist
William Bonemer Júnior, known professionally as William Bonner, is a Brazilian newscaster, publicist and journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of TV Globo's flagship news program Jornal Nacional from 1999 until 2025…
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1963
American tennis player
Zina Lynna Garrison is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze…
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1963
Baron Alli, English businessman and politician
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli of Norbury is a British media entrepreneur and politician. He has held executive positions at several television production companies including the Endemol Shine Group, Carlton Television…
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1964
Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi, is an Italian and French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, A Castle in Italy, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes…
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1964
American baseball player
Dwight Eugene Gooden, nicknamed "Dr. K" and "Doc", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the…
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1964
American actress
Maeve Quinlan is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Megan Conley for 11 years in The Bold and the Beautiful, as Paula Carlin South of Nowhere, and Constance Tate-Duncan in the rebooted 90210.
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1964
Finnish footballer
Mika Aaltonen is a Finnish futurologist and former footballer. His position was an attacking central midfielder. He also played for the Finnish national team. Aaltonen is a Ph.D. in economics, associate professor,…
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1965
1966
German keyboard player
Christian "Flake" Lorenz is a German musician. He is best known as the keyboardist in Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, as well as the main composer of the band's songs along with guitarist Richard Kruspe. He was also…
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1966
Canadian-American actor and producer
Dean McDermott is a Canadian actor best known as a reality television personality with his former wife, actress Tori Spelling, and as the host of the cooking competition Chopped Canada. He played the role of Constable…
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1966
English journalist, author, and explorer
Tahir Shah is a British author, journalist and documentary maker of Afghan-Indian descent.
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1966
American poet and academic (died 2009)
Craig Arnold was an American poet and professor. His first book of poems, Shells (1999), was selected by W. S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. His many honors include the 2005 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize…
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1967
Indian politician (died 2014)
Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms until 2012 when she resigned due to…
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1968
American swimmer
Melvin Monroe Stewart Jr. is an American swimming promoter, former competition swimmer and world record-holder who won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is the…
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1968
Canadian-American guitarist and producer
Logan Conrad Mader is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a guitarist for melodic death metal band Once Human and a former lead guitarist for heavy metal band Machine Head.
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1970
German javelin thrower and shot putter
Tanja Damaske is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A year earlier she earned a bronze medal at…
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1971
Moroccan footballer and manager
Mustapha Hadji is a Moroccan football coach and former player. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove.
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1971
Estonian soprano and actress
Annely Peebo is an Estonian operatic mezzo-soprano. She was a co-host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn.
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1971
Russian swimmer and coach
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov, better known as Alexander Popov, is a Russian former swimmer. Widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history, Popov won gold in the 50-metre and 100 m freestyle at the 1992…
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1971
Pakistani cricketer and coach
Waqar Younis Maitla HI is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all…
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1971
English race car driver and manager
Christian Edward Johnston Horner is a British former motorsport executive and former racing driver. From 2005 to 2025, Horner served as team principal and CEO of Red Bull in Formula One, winning six World Constructors'…
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1973
New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
Brendan James Laney, is a former professional rugby union player who represented Scotland as one of the original 'kilted Kiwis'. Nicknamed "Chainsaw" for the way he cut through defences, he was also a good goal kicker.…
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1973
Italian ice dancer and coach
Maurizio Margaglio is an Italian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With partner Barbara Fusar-Poli, he is the 2001 World champion, 2001 European champion, and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. They won nine Italian…
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1974
English footballer and sportscaster
Paul Scholes is an English former football pundit, coach and player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Scholes spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for…
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1974
Dominican baseball player (died 2021)
Julio Cesar Lugo was a Dominican professional baseball shortstop. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis…
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1975
Japanese actress, model, and singer
Yuki Uchida is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. Following her debut in the drama Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta (1992), she received her first lead role in the 1994 drama adaption of The Girl Who Leapt…
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1975
1976
Finnish footballer
Juha Pasoja is a Finnish football coach and former defender. From 2020 to 2024, he was the head coach of Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in second-tier Ykkösliiga. Before that, he was the head coach of Dreams FC in Ghana…
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1976
Dutch swimmer
Martijn Hendrik Zuijdweg is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch 4×200 m freestyle relay team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He did…
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1976
Australian singer-songwriter and actress
Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her portrayal of Chiana on the science fiction series Farscape.
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1977
Mexican actor and producer
Mauricio Ochmann is an American and Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas, such as Amarte Asi, where he starred as Ignacio "Nacho" Reyes. He also appeared in Kevin Costner's film Message in a Bottle, the…
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1977
American baseball player
Kip McKey Bouknight is an American professional baseball pitcher.
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1978
Turkish runner
Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, née Sızmaz, is a Turkish long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon.
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1978
Japanese actor
Takashi Nagayama is a Japanese actor. He is probably best known for his roles as Eiji Kikumaru in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya in "Rock Musical Bleach". During his run in Tenimyu,…
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1978
Scottish footballer and manager
Gary Andrew Naysmith is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is the manager of Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir.
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1978
Brazilian guitarist and drummer
Carolina Moraes Parra is a guitarist and drummer for the Brazilian indie-electro band CSS. She joined CSS at the Tim Festival gig in 2004.
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1978
American surfer
Bruce Irons is an American regularfoot professional surfer from Hanalei, Kauai, and is often regarded as one of the best tuberiders of all time. He is the younger brother of three-time world champion Andy Irons.
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1979
Italian footballer
Moris Carrozzieri is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.
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1980
American basketball player
Kayte Lauren Christensen is an American color commentator for the Sacramento Kings and former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association.
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1980
Italian skier
Nicole Gius is an Italian alpine skier. She was born in Schlanders, Italy. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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1980
Canadian wrestler
Carol Huynh is a retired Canadian freestyle wrestler. Huynh was the first gold medalist for Canada in women's wrestling and the first gold medallist for the country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is also the 2010…
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1980
Turkish footballer
Hasan Üçüncü is a retired Turkish footballer. Üçüncü was born in Sürmene, Trabzon Province. Standing at 177 cm and weighing 74 kg, he wears the # 15 jersey and plays in the midfield position. He assisted Gökdeniz…
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1980
Puerto Rican baseball player
Fernando José Cabrera is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Boston Red Sox.
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1981
Canadian singer-songwriter
Allison Louise Crowe is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, whose home is Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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1981
American voice actress, singer, and director
Caitlin Tiffany Glass is an American voice actress, dubbing director, and script writer who provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and video games.
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1981
Australian singer-songwriter
Kate Melina Miller-Heidke is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the…
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1981
English-American football player
Ositadimma "Osi" Umenyiora is a British-Nigerian former professional American football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Troy Trojans and was…
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1981
Filipino-American boxer
Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. is a Filipino American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a…
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1982
South African rugby player
Jan Nathaniel du Plessis is a former South African rugby union player, who played as a prop for Montpellier in the French Top 14 and the Lions in Super Rugby. He played for the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and…
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1982
French sprinter
Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances. He was formerly the European record holder for the 60 metres indoors and is the…
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1982
American-Israeli basketball player
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association…
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1982
1983
Finnish ice hockey player
Kari Lehtonen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers and Dallas Stars. He was selected second overall in the 2002 NHL…
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1983
German swimmer
Britta Steffen is a German former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle sprint events, winning 2 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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1983
English model and actress
Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English influencer, radio presenter, and former actress and glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks and in three spin-off series, Hollyoaks: After Hours (2004), Hollyoaks: Let…
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1984
1984
Mongolian sumo wrestler
Tamawashi Ichirō is a Mongolian-Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar. Wrestling for Kataonami stable, his highest rank has been sekiwake. He made his debut in January 2004 and reached the top makuuchi…
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1984
Indian actor
Aditya Roy Kapur is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After working as a VJ, he made his acting debut with the musical drama London Dreams (2009). Kapur had his first commercial success with the romance Aashiqui…
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1985
Finnish politician, former Prime Minister of Finland
Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 2020 to 2023. She was a Member of Parliament…
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1985
Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting (died 2016)
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen was an American mass murderer who killed 49 people and wounded 58 others, 53 of them by gunfire in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016,…
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1986
French rugby player
Maxime Médard is a former French rugby union player who played his club rugby for French club Stade Toulousain in Top 14 and France internationally. He can play as both a full-back and on the wing and is described by…
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1986
Israeli footballer
Eitan Tibi is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Israel national team.
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1987
American baseball player
Jordan Craig Walden is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, and St. Louis Cardinals.
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1987
1989
Filipino actor
Juan Carlos "Arjo" Campo Atayde is a Filipino actor and politician who has served as the representative for Quezon City's 1st district since 2022. He is best known for his appearances on drama series aired on ABS-CBN…
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1990
Hungarian football player
Dénes Dibusz is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and captain for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros.
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1990
Serbian footballer
Nemanja Gudelj is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for La Liga side Sevilla and the Serbia national team.
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1991
Japanese actress and singer
Tomomi Kasai is a Japanese singer, actress and a former member of the idol group AKB48, belonging to Team A. She had a recurring role on Kamen Rider W as Elizabeth, alongside group member Tomomi Itano. Together, they…
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1991
Nigerian footballer
George Akpabio is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for International FC in the Ontario Premier League.
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1992
Australian rugby league player
Matthew Allwood is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who previously played as a centre and wing for the New Zealand Warriors and Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League.
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1992
Croatian footballer
Marcelo Brozović is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr.
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1992
American-Belarusian ice hockey player
Shane Prince is an American-Belarusian professional ice hockey forward who plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played for the New York Islanders and the Ottawa…
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1992
American football player
Casey Jarrett "C. J." Beathard is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.…
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1993
Portuguese footballer
Nélson Cabral Semedo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Portugal national team.
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1993
American basketball player
Denzel Robert Valentine is an American professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. As a senior,…
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1993
1994
Cameroonian footballer
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, commonly known as Frank Anguissa, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Cameroon national team.
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1995
Croatian writer
Ivan Baran is a Croatian writer. He is the author of epic fantasy tetralogy The Black Books Cycle and the philosophical novels Samuel Gide, Monsieur August and The Great Fall. He lives and writes in Vukovar, Croatia.
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1996
Senegalese footballer
Boulaye Dia is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Lazio, on loan from Salernitana. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.
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1996
Indonesian politician
Trinovi Khairani Sitorus is an Indonesian politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2024. She is the daughter of Khairuddin Syah Sitorus and the sister of Hendri Yanto Sitorus.
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1996
Brazilian footballer
Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, known as Bruno Guimarães, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United, which he captains, and the Brazil national team.
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1997
1999
Dutch footballer
Mats Henrik Berne Wieffer is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Netherlands national team.
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1999
Australian basketball player
Joshua Benjamin Green is an Australian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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2000
American singer
Mason Blake Ramsey is an American country music singer. In March 2018, after gaining Internet fame from a viral video of him yodeling "Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams at a Walmart, Ramsey was signed to Big Loud and…
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2006
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Known forAmong his accomplishments were:taking 283 wickets in the English season of 1888 for 11.27 runs each
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